Request.params causing errors

Testing RSpec
1

Hello,

I have a rhtml file that goes through the request.params. One of my
test
generates that file, but rspec pops an error saying :

undefined method ‘params’ for …

I’m not sure what to do with this, since request.params actually works
with
rails.

Any idea?

Thank you

Olivier D.

2

Please post spec, code and error message.

3

Sorry about that. Here goes…

Spec:

describe “/search/index” do
it “should have option to login” do
render “/search/index”
response.should have_text(/Login/)
end
end

Code for index.rhtml

*



<%= render_component :controller =>
“components”,
:action => “footer”, :params => { :lang => @language } %>

*

Code for footer.rhtml

*<% listOfParameters = “” %>
<% request.params.each do |param| %>
<% if param[0].to_s != “lang” %>
<% listOfParameters = listOfParameters + “&” + param[0].to_s +
“=” +
param[1].to_s %>
<% end %>
<% end %>

…*

Now the error message:

*ActionView::TemplateError in ‘/search/index should have option to
login’
undefined method ‘params’ for #ActionController::TestRequest:0x46a044c
On line #7 of app/views/components/footer.rhtml

**6: <% listOfParameters = “” %>
7: <% request.params.each do |param| %>
8: <% if param[0].to_s != “lang” %>
9: <% listOfParameters = listOfParameters + “&” + param[0].to_s
+
“=” + param[1].to_s %>
10: <% end %>
11: <% end %>

*Thanks again

Olivier D.

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:26 PM, David C. [email protected]

4

It unfortunately access the wrong parameters. Instead of accessing the
parameters from my url request, it access the parameters from my
render_component.

For example, my request is
*
http://localhost:4000/search/results?author=&keyword=&page=1&publisher=&title=agile
*

In that results view, I render this component
<%= render_component :controller => “components”, :action => “footer”,
:params => { :lang => @language } %>

So in the footer component, when I execute
<% request.params.each do |param| %>
it goes through the params from *
http://localhost:4000/search/results?author=&keyword=&page=1&publisher=&title=agile

*But if I execute
*<% params.each do |param| %>
*it goes through the params from *<%= render_component :controller =>
“components”, :action => “footer”, :params => { :lang => @language } %>

*My test passes when I use only params.each but not when I use *
request.params.each

*Thanks again

Olivier D.

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:05 PM, David C. [email protected]

5

On Apr 11, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Olivier D. wrote:

6: <% listOfParameters = “” %>
7: <% request.params.each do |param| %>

Try just params (not request.params) - does that work?